Description
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in the YAMLParser method in Interfaces.py in PyAnyAPI before 0.6.1. A YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution because load is used where safe_load should have been used. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-0101 | An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in the YAMLParser method in Interfaces.py in PyAnyAPI before 0.6.1. A YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution because load is used where safe_load should have been used. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-vg8g-jpm9-jh8r | Unsafe pyyaml load usage in PyAnyAPI |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T20:27:04.276Z
Reserved: 2017-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-16616
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-11-08T03:29:00.247
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-16616
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Github GHSA